Data through September 2026, Chicago Police Department

Crime in East Garfield Park, Chicago

The violent crime rate in East Garfield Park is 5,875 per 100,000 residents per year, 136% above Chicago as a whole (2,494). It ranks 7 of 75 community areas, where 1 is the highest rate.

Aerial photo of the East Garfield Park community area in Chicago, with its boundary outlined. — Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2019, public domain

The numbers

12 months to Sep 2026

Violent crime

5,875 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,218 reported in the last 12 months

+136% vs. Chicago (2,494)

Property crime

6,469 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,341 reported in the last 12 months

+64% vs. Chicago (3,944)

All reported

14,442 per 100,000 residents, per year

2,994 reported in the last 12 months

+111% vs. Chicago (6,855)

Rates use the 2020 Census population of 20,731 for East Garfield Park. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.

Where East Garfield Park sits in Chicago, and where incidents concentrate

rank 7 of 75

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1the block with the most violent incidents10the tenthCounted over the last 12 months. Point at a mark, or at a row in the table below, to see which street it is.

SaferHigher rateNot rated: park or fewer than 2,500 residentsArea shading: violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, so you can see how this neighbourhood compares with the ones around it.

East Garfield Park is among the highest in the city: rank 7 of 75. Nearby in the ranking: North Lawndale (6,496), Chatham (6,205), South Shore (5,496), West Englewood (5,347).

Blocks with the most violent incidents

12 months to Sep 2026

Block	Violent	Property	Share of area’s violent
01031XX W Madison St	30	14	2%
02033XX W Madison St	27	19	2%
03033XX W Maypole Ave	26	20	2%
04027XX W Harrison St	24	10	2%
05029XX W Harrison St	22	13	2%
06028XX W Washington Blvd	19	15	2%
07007XX S California Ave	18	9	1%
08006XX S Independence Blvd	17	10	1%
09032XX W Maypole Ave	16	14	1%
10030XX W Madison St	15	16	1%

“Block” is the hundred-block as the police department publishes it (for example 51XX W Madison St), never an exact address. Only blocks with 5 or more violent incidents in the window are listed; the top 10 account for 18% of East Garfield Park’s violent incidents. These are the numbered marks on the map above; hover a row to find it.

Violent crime, month by month

Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Violent crimes in East Garfield Park by month
Month	Violent crimes in East Garfield Park
Oct 2025	116
Nov 2025	102
Dec 2025	88
Jan 2026	65
Feb 2026	83
Mar 2026	86
Apr 2026	122
May 2026	128
Jun 2026	110
Jul 2026	97
Aug 2026	98
Sep 2026	123

When crime happens in East Garfield Park

12 months to Sep 2026

In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in East Garfield Park happened between 3 pm and 1 am. No day of the week stood out.

Violent crime busiest hour 3 pm

Property crime busiest hour noon

Each line is an average day of that kind, as a multiple of the average hour of the week (dashed line), smoothed over three hours. Days run from 6 am to 6 am, so a Friday night stays on Friday. Times are when the incident happened, as recorded by Chicago Police Department; 2% of incidents have no usable time (many unknown times are recorded as midnight or noon) and are left out.

See the numbers by hour

Violent crime in East Garfield Park by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	8	15	23
7 am	6	31	37
8 am	12	33	45
9 am	12	28	40
10 am	14	47	61
11 am	17	46	63
12 pm	20	44	64
1 pm	14	37	51
2 pm	18	31	49
3 pm	21	51	72
4 pm	19	46	65
5 pm	13	39	52
6 pm	22	35	57
7 pm	8	43	51
8 pm	15	52	67
9 pm	22	41	63
10 pm	18	41	59
11 pm	20	36	56
12 am	22	48	70
1 am	17	27	44
2 am	11	28	39
3 am	19	15	34
4 am	9	10	19
5 am	5	20	25
Total with a known time	362	844	1,206

Property crime in East Garfield Park by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	6	34	40
7 am	11	40	51
8 am	12	31	43
9 am	16	49	65
10 am	15	49	64
11 am	10	44	54
12 pm	24	54	78
1 pm	21	45	66
2 pm	17	41	58
3 pm	17	49	66
4 pm	17	37	54
5 pm	11	33	44
6 pm	18	42	60
7 pm	12	27	39
8 pm	16	37	53
9 pm	12	29	41
10 pm	28	42	70
11 pm	21	41	62
12 am	25	33	58
1 am	25	24	49
2 am	18	32	50
3 am	22	33	55
4 am	17	26	43
5 am	15	24	39
Total with a known time	406	896	1,302

Reported crime by type

last 12 months

Offense	Reported	Per 100k, per year	vs. Chicago
Assault and batteryViolent	1,114	5,374	+133%
RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent	92	444	+152%
HomicideViolent	12	58	+272%
TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty	459	2,214	+35%
Property damage and arsonProperty	412	1,987	+112%
Vehicle theftProperty	292	1,409	+111%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty	119	574	+18%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty	59	285	+35%
Drug offensesOther	307	1,481	+525%
Weapons offensesOther	128	617	+244%

Source and dates

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Source: Chicago Police Department, via City of Chicago Data Portal (dataset ijzp-q8t2), aggregated by community area
Window: October 2025 to September 2026 (12 months)
Population: 20,731 residents, 2020 Census
City page: Crime in Chicago, IL
All community areas: Chicago neighborhoods by reported crime rate